First Evangelical Lutheran Church

First Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 301 W. Fourth Street in Beardstown, IL 62618. It is one of 16 churches in Beardstown, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

We are a congregation grounded in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

301 W. Fourth Street, Beardstown, IL, 62618

Service times

  • Sunday 10:30am · morning

Phone: (217) 323-1770 · Website: https://www.firstlutheranbeardstown.org/

First Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,069 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Illinois — 15,755 across the United States on The Church Map.

Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.

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The community around First Evangelical Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 25.3%
  • Obesity: 43.3%
  • Social Isolation: 36.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
  • Diabetes: 13.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.0%
  • Unemployment: 6.6% (1.8–11.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Beardstown city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 559 residents.

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